Events
Through conferences, webinars, workshops, and panel discussions, IISD actively engages some of the world's leading thinkers on various topics of sustainable development.
Upcoming events
Navigating Net-Zero: Policies to help Canadian industry compete
Presenting insights and policy recommendations from the Commission on Carbon Competitiveness, exploring how Canada can decarbonize key industries while maintaining global competitiveness.
What Makes Minerals and Metals ‘Critical’? Financial benefits and other key considerations for governments
Presenting guidance to help governments understand the concept of mineral criticality and take stock of related opportunities and risks.
COP16 | Nature-Positive Infrastructure: Designing and financing the foundation for our future
In this session, key experts will share insights and practical examples of how addressing a combined suite of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) targets is the best way to generate the sustainable infrastructure of our future.
Showcasing Practical Tools for Promoting Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems
This CFS 52 side event brings together stakeholders to showcase practical tools for promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems, with a focus on improving coordination and encouraging collaboration to strengthen food security and food systems transformation.
State of Play: Unpacking the climate finance landscape
This webinar—the first in a series of four—aims to build awareness around climate finance, its size, and nature in the run up to the deliberations at COP 29 in November.
Flood and Drought: Natural Infrastructure as a Dual Defense
This webinar brings together experts to build momentum around natural infrastructure to help with not only flood, but drought, too. We will discuss how drought and flood are anticipated to impact the Canadian Prairies in the future and share examples of natural infrastructure in practice, wrapping up with discussion and audience questions.
COP16 | The Value of Nature-Based Solutions for Cultivating Resilient Food Systems
This event, as part of the GEF Pavilion at CBD COP16 in Cali, Colombia, will focus on agroforestry as a powerful tool for enhancing biodiversity, improving climate resilience, securing rural livelihoods, safeguarding food and nutrition, and mitigating water scarcity.
Through Her Lens: Women leading change in sustainable agriculture and market inclusion
Despite the critical role that women play in agricultural production, they still do not have equal access to global agricultural supply chains on terms that benefit them.
Green Reconstruction of Ukraine’s Communities: Key lessons from 2023-2024 recovery projects
Join for an in-depth conversation on the green reconstruction of Ukraine's communities, focusing on practical approaches, challenges, and opportunities.
IGF 20th Annual General Meeting
Leading international mining policy forum, focusing on balancing the need for minerals with protecting people and the planet